End-to-End FPGA & Firmware Program Lead

Lumicity; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumicity seeks a technically strong Project Manager to lead complex product development programs spanning embedded software, firmware, FPGA, and hardware integration in a hands-on role. You will work directly with engineering teams, drive accountability, and shepherd programs from requirements through validation and production.

You will own schedules, risks, and cross-functional dependencies, coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 5+ years of technical project/program management in product development.
• Strong background in embedded software/firmware, FPGA, electrical engineering, or systems engineering.
• Experience managing full product development lifecycle from requirements through deployment/production.
• Understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software integration.
• Familiarity with FPGA development workflows such as Xilinx/Vivado or Intel/Quartus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical programs across software, firmware, FPGA, hardware, and systems engineering.
• Own schedules, milestones, resources, risks, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Drive cross-functional execution and accountability across engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and customers.
• Identify and resolve technical and schedule risks; remove execution roadblocks.
• Lead program reviews, status meetings, design reviews, and executive updates.
• Manage requirements, scope changes, issues, and competing priorities.
• Coordinate hardware builds, system integration, testing, validation, and production readiness.
• Communicate program health, risks, and delivery status to leadership.

Skills

Embedded systems

FPGA

Electrical engineering

Systems engineering

Project management

Hybrid methodologies (Agile/Waterfall)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or related technical field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Lumicity seeks a technically strong Project Manager to lead complex product development programs spanning embedded software, firmware, FPGA, and hardware integration in a hands-on role. You will work directly with engineering teams, drive accountability, and shepherd programs from requirements through validation and production.

You will own schedules, risks, and cross-functional dependencies, coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and customers.